You can expect two things from a night with Martha and George, the warring couple at the heart of Edward Albee’s 1962 classic, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: an argument and a drink.

And you should be so lucky. Every one of the couple’s fights are well-oiled and neatly choreographed spectacles; a mix of sharp barbs, elegant takedowns and biting wit that only those with years of shared history can attain, and revel in.

Meanwhile, every drink is over-poured and over ice. Naturally.

Over the course of one night, Martha and George introduce two newcomers – the bright-eyed Honey and bushy-tailed biologist Nick – to the social sphere of a middling University in New England the only way they know how; by getting drunker, flirtier and more creative in their personal battles.

Harvey Zielinski, Emily Goddard and David Whiteley in Red Stitch’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Photo © Jodie Hutchinson

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